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All beetles, including this weevil have four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Adult weevils like this one are full grown and do not change size. The hallmark
of weevils are their protracted mouth parts resembling a snout. This morphology allows the female to excavate a safe cavity into the host plant
where she will place her eggs. This weevil species' host are agaves, commonly known as century plants. The freshly chewed cavity in the photo might
become a repository for eggs. On hatching, the egg releases a tiny larva that is build for tunneling through the plant, worm like. When the larva
reaches full size before pupating. Finally a new weevil ecloses from the pupa completing the cycle.